China, South Korea Angered by PM Shinzo Abe’s Visit to WWII Shrine
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the hated Yasukuni Shrine brought about furious reactions the country’s neighboring Asian countries South Korea and China. Abe…
Remembering Edwin A. Shuman III, Ex-Vietnam War POW (1931-2013)
Christmas, 1970 – 43 American POWs incarcerated in the Vietnamese Hoa Lo prison or Hanoi Hilton to the prisoners wanted to hold a short…
Hitler, the Ghent Altarpiece and the Holy Grail
April 10, 1934 – the night in which one of the 12 panels of Jan van Eyck’s famous Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, more commonly known as…
Dutch Site Faces Legal Action for Selling Holocaust Victims’ Letters, Nazi Mementos
AMSTERDAM – A Dutch-based online selling site is auctioning off letters written by Holocaust victims while imprisoned in concentration camps. The seller, identified through the handle…
War Films and The British Film Industry
Come Christmas time, many a British men will be comfortably seated in their warm homes watching British war films while eating two or three mince…
Berlin Zoo Goes Head On with Dark Nazi Past
After over seven decades since the time Berlin Zoo forced its Jewish stockholders out, the institution decided to face its dark Nazi past head on…
Down WWII History: Stalin’s Kamikaze Canines
If recent history saw suicide bombers, the WWII-bygone era once had Stalin’s kamikaze canines – dogs that were used as “living bombs” to destroy Nazi…
Two of Bletchley Park’s Primal Buildings Discovered
Two of the archetypal buildings of Bletchley Park, Britain’s intelligence hub during the Second World War, were discovered under a car park within the site.…
Brad Pitt Spent £2 Million for WWII Spitfire – Report
One of Hollywood’s A-list actor Brad Pitt reportedly splurged £2 million for a WWII Spitfire, thanks to the interest he formed with these vintage babies and…